The genre would basically be dead. TDKR would be the last ultra-successful film in the genre for years and it would be regarded as the end of an era, similar to The Wild Bunch with the western.

The genre has been going steady or 15 years and has survived movie flops and bombs. It would endure, wouldn't make billions but since that isn't a mark of quality and the genre endured before the billion mark was hit, it wouldn't matter.

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Originally Posted by psylockolussus

what? Singer came up the story for First Class and was supposed to direct it.

And Matthew Vaughn was supposed to direct FC2 until he bailed himself out.

DOFP looks to be the agenda set out by Vaughn, Singer & Fox, with no outside factors.